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Giuliani: ‘I am not a candidate’

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, right, answers questions from the media in New York City Tuesday after announcing that he won't run for New York governor but is endorsing Republican Rick Lazio. Associated Press photo NEW YORK — Former New

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Dec 23, 2009

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Greenpeace: Keep Up Pressure on Climate

(AP)  Greenpeace will keep up the pressure on leaders it believes let the world down on global warming, the head of the international environmental group said Thursday. Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace's executive director, spoke in an Associated Press

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Rajiv Shah's nomination as USAID chief confirmed

The Senate unanimously Thursday confirmed the nomination of Shah, 36, and some three dozen other officials nominated by President Barack Obama before taking its Christmas break. Shah's confirmation puts him at the helm of the aid agency charged with

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U.S. father, son home after Brazil custody battle

The private jet carrying Sean Goldman, and his U.S. father, David Goldman, landed at Orlando International Airport after the nine-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro. The plane was chartered by the U.S. television show Dateline NBC and other media were

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Attorney to help UC Berkeley grads held in Iran

Attorney Masoud Shafii has been retained by the families of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal. In a statement, the families said they retained Shafii after seeing media reports from Iranian officials that the three Americans could face trial on

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Obama admn accords high importance to ties with India in 2009

Obama called India a natural ally of the United States and to showcase the world that how much he valued the relationship, he invited Prime Minister Singh as his first State Guest. "Mr Prime Minister, as we work to build the future, India is

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With a twist, race still a factor in Ala. election

Among those criticizing him are Joe Reed, founder and longtime chairman of the black wing of the state Democratic Party, and former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington, who was that city's first black mayor. Across the South, a legitimate black

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Dec 29, 2009

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Poll: Americans most admire Obama, Clinton, Palin

President Obama is the man Americans admired most in 2009, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, while Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are virtually tied as the most-admired woman. The close finish by Clinton,

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Dec 30, 2009

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New book explores Clinton, Palin candidacies

NEW YORK - When Hillary Clinton made a strong showing and Sarah Palin was named to the Republican ticket in the 2008 U.S. presidential race, the election of the first female president seemed not so far off. Not so fast, writes the author of "Notes from

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Clinton Donor List Doesn't Say Who Gave In '09

Former President Bill Clinton's charity released a donor list Friday under an agreement with President Barack Obama to prevent conflicts with Hillary Rodham Clinton's role as secretary of state, but it failed to identify who gave in 2009, her first year

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Jan 01, 2010

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Foreign governments among Clinton donors

WASHINGTON — Foreign countries including Norway and Oman contributed to former President Bill Clintons charity, and donors including Donald Trump, multinational soft drink company Coca-Cola and singer Elton Johns foundation also pitched in as Hillary

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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard's alleged attacker held in Hilary Clinton plot in Kenya: Reports

The Somali man charged with the attempted murder of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard (above) was reportedly held in Kenya over a plot to attack U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Somali man who attacked Danish cartoonist Kurt

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Somalia: Cartoonist's Would-Be Killer Targeted Clinton

Nairobi — The Danish-Somali man arrested for attempting to kill a Danish cartoonist was arrested in Kenya last year on suspicion of plotting an attack on visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He was, however, released without any charges

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Obama to announce new airline safety measures

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is announcing new measures Tuesday to beef up airline security after an alleged terrorist attempt to destroy a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. Fresh off a Hawaiian vacation dominated by news of the

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uggbootshouse: Tensions grow as US heightens role in Yemen

Tensions grow as US heightens role in Yemen SAN'A, Yemen – Friction emerged Tuesday in the growing alliance with the Yemeni government as the U.S. Embauggs outletssy ended a two-day closure triggered by a terror threat from al-Qaida. The Yemen

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Hillary Clinton to visit Australia

US Secretary of State and former first lady Hillary Clinton will visit Australia later this month, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has confirmed. Mrs Clinton and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will hold talks with their Australian equivalents, Mr

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Harold Ford Jr. Weighs Senate Run

Local listings from all over 80,000 websites. Harold Ford Jr., a former congressman from Tennessee. NEW YORK (AP) - A spokesman for Harold E. Ford Jr. says the former Tennessee congressman won't be "bullied or intimidated" as he weighs a challenge to

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Ex-Rep. Harold Ford Jr. Weighs NY Senate Race

NEW YORK (CBS) ― A spokesman for Harold E. Ford Jr. said the former Tennessee congressman won't be "bullied or intimidated" as he weighs a challenge to New York's Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in this fall's Democratic primary. Spokesman Davidson

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Super Bowl Corporate Ads for Candidates?

WASHINGTON (AP) - Possibly coming soon to your TV screen: election-season Super Bowl-style ads promoting congressional and presidential candidates, paid for by some of the nation's largest corporations. It may happen. For decades, business and union

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Jan 10, 2010

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Court could alter election landscape

WASHINGTON - For decades, money from businesses and unions has been largely shut out of state, congressional, and presidential campaigns. The Supreme Court could change that soon, perhaps in a big way. The issue stems from a case involving a film that

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Jan 11, 2010

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Clinton accepts Japan's delay on US base decision

HONOLULU -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday the Obama administration feels assured of Japan's commitment to a continuing security alliance with the United States, even as Tokyo weighs abandoning a 2006 deal on a U.S. Marine air

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Earthquake ravages Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti » A powerful earthquake struck Haiti's capital yesterday with withering force, toppling everything from simple shacks to the ornate National Palace. The dead and injured lay in the streets even as strong aftershocks rippled

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Haiti quake: Survivors struggle while awaiting aid

Turning pickup trucks into ambulances and doors into stretchers, Haitians were frantically struggling to save those injured in this week's earthquake as desperately needed aid from around the world began arriving Thursday. Planes carrying teams from

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US takes charge in Haiti _ with troops, rescue aid

President Barack Obama and the United States moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Thursday, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid to try to keep order as well as rescue the suffering in a country dysfunctional in

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Jan 15, 2010

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Sec. Of State Clinton Arrives In Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the Haitian capital Saturday to meet with President Rene Preval and receive an update on earthquake relief efforts. The highest-ranking Obama administration official to

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Haiti earthquake survivors get more food and water

Haiti earthquake survivors get more food and water By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MIKE MELIA Associated Press Writers Gregory Bull U.S. rescue worker Sam Grey, of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue, holds a monitor showing a woman, Jean Luis

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France Criticizes U.S. Aid Role In Haiti

PARIS -- The United Nations must investigate and clarify the dominant U.S. role in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a French minister said Monday, claiming that international aid efforts were about helping Haiti, not "occupying" it. U.S. forces last week

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Celebrations muted as Japan-US pact turns 50

AFP - Japan and the United States on Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of one of the Cold War's defining security pacts, but an unprecedented level of mistrust between the allies kept celebrations muted. No major state events or ceremonies were

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Jan 19, 2010

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DumbAssity of the Day: Hillary Clinton Lifts Visa Ban on Islamic Terrorist “Scholars”

It’s bad enough that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a two-year visa to Northwest Flight 253 terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, then failed to revoke it when his father told officials in her (and our) embassy in Nigeria that his son was a

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Supreme Court rolls back campaign spending limits

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court threw out a 63-year-old law designed to restrain the influence of big business and unions on elections Thursday, ruling that corporations may spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates for president and

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Jan 21, 2010

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China: Clinton Internet speech harms ties with US

A Chinese flag flutters near the Google logo on top of Google's China headquarters in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday urged China to investigate cyber intrusions that led search angle

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China rejects Clinton's criticism

BEIJING - China yesterday dismissed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's criticism that it was jamming the free flow of words and ideas on the Internet and accused the United States of "information imperialism." Foreign Ministry

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China denies involvement in Google cyberattacks, defends Internet censorship

BEIJING: China on Monday denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Google and defended Internet censorship as necessary, as a row with Washington over the US firm's threat to leave the country rumbled on. The statements from Beijing, carried in

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U.N.: 1 million Haitians need shelter

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's prime minister said Monday his country needs to rely strongly on its partners but its government is able to lead the rebuilding effort after this month's devastating earthquake. Jean-Max Bellerive addressed foreign

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Haiti's homeless plead for tents

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  — The dusty soccer field lined with spacious tents is an oasis for earthquake survivors among Haiti's homeless sheltering by the hundreds of thousands in squalid camps. Competition for the canvas homes has boiled into arguments

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Clinton pushes once more for Iran sanctions

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International talks over exit from Afghanistan

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, as they meet in central London, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. Afghan President Karzai gave assurances Wednesday to lift the defense burden from the

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UN chief in tribute to UK soldiers

"All our forces have made great sacrifices, with hundreds of lives lost and thousands of casualties sustained," he told delegates. "In the last year Britain alone has suffered over 100 fatalities. But these sacrifices are not in vain - all the

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Taliban Deny Joining Peace Talks With U.N.

KABUL (CBS) ― The Taliban on Saturday denied reports that their representatives met with a U.N. official to discuss prospects for peace in Afghanistan, calling them "futile and baseless" rumors. The U.N. in Afghanistan has not confirmed the

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US upgrades defense of Persian Gulf allies

WASHINGTON - The United States has begun beefing up its approach to defending its Persian Gulf allies against potential Iranian missile strikes, officials says.

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Jan 31, 2010

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No more Google? Wired Chinese shrug off search engine’s possible exit, saying choices abound

Many wired Chinese unfazed at possible Google exit BEIJING — When the online fantasy game "World of Warcraft" was yanked from China last year because of a bureaucratic turf battle, the millions of Chinese players were outraged. An online chat session

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Obama Seeks $30B Small Business Boost

(CBS/AP)  President Obama's bid to sell his economic agenda and re-energize voters picks up in politically significant New Hampshire, where he will again promote an idea to free up more cash for hurting smaller businesses. Obama travels to Nashua

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Reason.tv: 3 Reasons Not to Sweat "Citizens United"

No recent Supreme Court ruling have evoked more liberal fury than Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a campaign-finance case involving government censorship of a political documentary called Hillary: The Movie. The Federal Election

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Currency Dispute Likely to Further Fray U.S.-China Ties

The administration has told Chinese officials that currency policy will be high on its agenda this year for economic talks with China, a senior official said on Wednesday. The White House is also weighing whether to designate China as a country that

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Haiti charges US missionaries with child kidnapping

Port-au-Prince: Ten US missionaries detained in Haiti were charged on Thursday with child kidnapping and criminal association for trying to take children illegally out of the earthquake-hit country. You may also want to see After announcing the

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Feb 05, 2010

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Clinton praises historic achievement

Taoiseach Brian Cowen said the agreement laid the foundations for a new future: "That better future must be built on mutual respect for people of different traditions, equality and tolerance and respect for each other’s political aspirations and

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Iran threat real, but al-Qaida danger greater: Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON: The Iranian nuclear threat is real but the United States faces an even greater danger from al-Qaida, secretary of state Hillary Clinton warned in an interview Sunday. "In terms of a country, obviously a nuclear-armed country like

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Clinton-era health aides push to save Obama’s plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shock and awe. That’s what survivors of the Clinton-era health care collapse are feeling as President Barack Obama’s overhaul legislation wobbles in Congress. Aides who shaped Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 1990s plan to cover all

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Police: NH man who took over Clinton office flees

New Hampshire authorities say the man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and is a fugitive who is a danger to the public. New Hampshire authorities say the

View Hillary Rodham Clinton coverage for Feb 09, 2010

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NH man who held hostages at Clinton office found

New Hampshire authorities say the man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 is back in custody a day after he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet. New Hampshire authorities say the man who took

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Hillary Clinton leaves Washington for New York

Aides to Clinton said Thursday she left the capital shortly after meeting President Barack Obama at the White House ahead of a planned trip to the Persian Gulf that was to begin on Friday. The aides said it was not yet clear if her travel to Qatar or

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Blair steps up Middle East mission

The former prime minister and senator Mitchell are to focus on work to develop governance and institutions in preparation for a future Palestinian state, said US secretary of state Hillary Clinton following talks with Mr Blair. Mr Blair said that

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Clinton leaves hospital after successful heart operation

NEW YORK – Former US president Bill Clinton arrived home early yesterday following a successful heart procedure at a New York hospital to open a blocked artery in his heart that had caused him chest discomfort. Television footage shows Mr Clinton

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Tenn.'s Ford says he'll file his 1st NY tax return

NEW YORK—Former Tennessee congressman and undeclared U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. says he'll file his first state tax return as a New Yorker this April. Ford is considering running in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Kirsten

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Hillary Clinton says Iran becoming a 'military dictatorship'

Speaking to Arab students at Carnegie Mellon's Doha campus, Clinton said Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps appears to have gained so much power that it effectively is supplanting the government. "Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship," she

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Man who held hostages at Clinton office in court

The New Hampshire man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 faces a bail hearing after he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet. Leeland Eisenberg was found in his Dover apartment last week, a day after

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Man who held hostages at Clinton office gets bail

A judge has set bail for a New Hampshire man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 and who was accused last week of cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet. A judge has set bail for a New Hampshire

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US nominates Anthony Lake to be UNICEF chief

Rice's letter, obtained by The Associated Press, stressed Lake's long-standing commitment to advancing the rights of children, noting his nine years on the board of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, including serving as chair from 2004-2007. "As chairman,

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Obama's deficit hawks: 'Staggering' job

President Barack Obama has tapped a bipartisan pair of budget hawks to help steer a path out of the deficits that have consumed the federal government; Alan Simpson, the former Republican senator from Wyoming, and Erskine Bowles, the former chief of

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Hillary Clinton praises Haig for his contributions

Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is praising one of her predecessors, Alexander Haig, who died on Saturday. She says Haig earned honor on the battlefield and won the

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GOP seeks to win with anti-Pelosi strategy

WASHINGTON If all politics are local, don't tell that to Jimmy Higdon.

Higdon, a Republican from Kentucky, won a state Senate seat in December in a largely Democratic district with an unlikely strategy: He nationalized his race, warning of

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Harold Prince to Receive Achievement Award

Ruby Washington/The New York Times Harold Prince will receive the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s annual award for achievement. The Broadway director and producer Harold Prince, who has won more Tony Awards than anyone else, 21, will receive the Eugene

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Texas police officer's family sues Hillary Clinton

tool goes here FILE - In this undated photo provided by the The Dallas Police Department shows Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Victor Lozada-Tirado. The 49-year-old officer died, Feb. 22, 2008, after a crash while escorting then-presidential candidate U.S.

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Texas police officer's family sues Hillary Clinton

DALLAS (AP) The family of a Dallas police officer who died in a crash two years ago while escorting then-presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in a motorcade has sued her, the city of Dallas and the maker of the helmet he was wearing. Sr. Cpl.

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Hillary Clinton asks US lawmakers to approve $3.2 bn aid to Pak

WASHINGTON: Identifying Pakistan as a frontline State along with Afghanistan and Iraq, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today asked American lawmakers to approve the Obama administration's proposal of $3.2 billion civil and military aid to

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Paterson drops gubernatorial bid

NEW YORK — Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and criticism of his handling of a

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Paterson drops gubernatorial bid

NEW YORK — Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and criticism of his handling of a

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In '10, Democrats battle on unfavorable ground

WASHINGTON -- The bad news for Democrats is there is an election in eight months. The good news for Democrats is that in eight months, the political world can change. After the euphoria of the Democrats' 2008 wins, the Democratic-controlled Congress

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Chile quake toll over 700 as search for survivors continues

THE DEATH toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Chile rose to more than 700 last night as rescue workers fanned out across a 600km-long stretch of the country searching for bodies and survivors. President Michelle Bachelet directed rescue

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Ford says he could have beaten NY Sen. Gillibrand

NEW YORK—Former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. returned to his job as an MSNBC pundit on Tuesday, one day after announcing he wouldn't run for U.S. Senate in New York, and said he would have won the primary but worried that the intraparty battle would

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US mulls to challenge China Web censorship at WTO talks

RNRL's submissions on the MoU : The Obama administration is weighing the merits of taking Chinas censorship of Google Inc to the World Trade Organisation as an unfair barrier to trade, a move that could further raise diplomatic tensions. The US Trade

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Hillary Clinton fails to win over Brazil on Iran

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed to win Brazil's support for more sanctions against Iran and said Tehran would not talk seriously about its nuclear program until the United Nations took new action. Even before he met with Clinton, Brazilian

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New York politics rocked by upheavals

NEW YORK (AP) — The Empire State has a lot to recommend it — Broadway shows, Niagara Falls, and baseball’s World Series champions, the New York Yankees. But politics? As the locals would say, Fuhgeddaboudit. Colorful, ethnic, tribal, the New York

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Will Chelsea Clinton have a Jewish wedding? - USATODAY.com

Chelsea Clinton stands with her mom, Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was preparing for her keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 26, 2008. Chelsea was raised in her mother's faith, Methodist, but her fiance is Jewish.

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Sarkozy to 'speculators': Lay off Greece

PARIS — Speculators beware: The euro zone's biggest powers will back Greece through the debt crisis that has jeopardized all 16 nations in the common currency, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, in

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Fall of a no-pretense guy

WASHINGTON — This is not the way Sandy Levin would have wanted it. The Michigan Democrat became acting chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee last week after its former chairman, Charlie Rangel of New York, stepped down — temporarily, he says —

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Column: A sad fall

This is not the way Sandy Levin would have wanted it. The Michigan Democrat became acting chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee last week after its former chairman, Charlie Rangel of New York, stepped down — temporarily, he says — because he

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Karl Rove: 'Courage and Consequences'

In the end, it may all come down to the meaning of is. Karl Rove, "architect'' of former President George W. Bush's two election campaigns, is making the rounds with his new book. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight. The

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Obama names Hillary Clinton authority for India n-deal

HILLARY FACTOR: Hillary Clinton will be sending the mandatory certificaiton of the n-deal to the US Congress. Washington: President Barack Obama has delegated his authority to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to send mandatory certifications

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ABC's Kate Snow makes jump to NBC News

NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC News reporter and "Good Morning America" weekend host Kate Snow is jumping to NBC News. NBC announced Friday that Snow will begin work as a "Dateline NBC" correspondent later this spring. Snow has been with ABC since 2003 and one

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US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting

UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an

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US cautious on removing nuclear arms from Europe

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is taking a go-slow approach on one of the touchiest and least discussed national security issues: whether to remove the last remaining Cold War-era U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe. Some officials in Germany and other U.S. allies in

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FBI to Help Mexico Probe Killings

By Nicholas Casey, Russell Gold and Ana Campoy EL PASO, Texas—The FBI will help Mexican officials investigate this weekend's gruesome killings of three people, including an American couple, who had ties to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juárez, the

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Costa Rican president-elect to fight drug cartels

tool goes here Costa Rica's President-elect Laura Chinchilla speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in San Jose, Monday, March 15, 2010. Chinchilla will be the fifth Latin American woman to serve as president when she takes office in

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Arab world says hopes in Obama are dwindling

"A lot of the Arab countries already in the last year saw that there wasn't much delivery from the U.S. on the Israeli side," Salem told The Associated Press. "So why engage, why compromise, from their point of view?" The United States has been

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Former Clinton fundraiser pleads guilty to fraud

NEW YORK — A former top fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton has pleaded guilty in a federal bank fraud case. Hassan Nemazee (hah-SAHN' nah-MAH'-zee) entered the plea Thursday at a federal courthouse in Manhattan He admitted to three counts of bank

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Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks

Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks By ROBERT BURNS The Associated Press Alexander Zemlianichenko U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of

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Squeeze Israel by cutting US aid? Not likely

Israel is the biggest recipient of American aid after Afghanistan. But unlike most other countries, Israel's aid is earmarked entirely for military spending. Under an agreement between the two allies, at least three-quarters of the aid must be spent

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US-Russia deal on nukes could build momentum

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, second right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, third left, seen during a meeting at the Barvikha residence outside Moscow, Friday, March 19, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said

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Hillary Clinton: U.S. wants biting sanctions on Iran

Washington -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is vowing that the Obama administration will not accept a nuclear armed Iran and is working on sanctions "that will bite" to press it to come clean about its suspect atomic program. In remarks